Hastily-written set intersection of a Twitter user's followed and follower lists.

twintersect.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# Uses the python twitter tools library: http://mike.verdone.ca/twitter/
from twitter import *
import os, sys, time


# Hm what is this? https://gist.github.com/rhenium/3878505 
CONSUMER_KEY = ''
CONSUMER_SECRET = ''


def get_user_list(func, name):
  users, cursor = set(), -1
  
  while cursor != 0:
    result = func(
      screen_name=name,
      cursor=cursor,
      skip_status=True,
      include_user_entities=False)
    cursor = result['next_cursor']
    
    try:
      for u in result['users']:
        users.add(u['screen_name'])
    finally:
      pass
    
    # To prevent rate limiting
    time.sleep(10)
  
  return users


if __name__ == '__main__':
  oauth_file = os.path.expanduser('~/.twitter_oauth')
  if not os.path.exists(oauth_file):
    oauth_dance("App", CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET, oauth_file)
  oauth_token, oauth_token_secret = read_token_file(oauth_file)
  
  t = Twitter(
    auth=OAuth(
    oauth_token, oauth_token_secret, CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET),
    secure=True,
    api_version='1.1',
    domain='api.twitter.com')
  
  friends = get_user_list(t.friends.list, sys.argv[1])
  followers = get_user_list(t.followers.list, sys.argv[1])
  print friends & followers